Re: [Quickfix-developers] Starting QuickFix Engine

[Joerg T. <Joe...@ma...>]

Nick Volpe wrote:
> I'm using QF 1.11.0 for Java and FIX 4.2 and have a (simple?) question=20
> related to starting the QF engine.  In my code I create an instance of=20
> SocketInitiator and then call the start() method to start the QF engine=
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> want to be able to keep trying to start the engine periodically in the=20
> event that the acceptor I'm trying to connect to isn't available.  What=
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> the best way to achieve this?  Should I simply wrap this method call in=
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> loop that periodically calls the start() method until the isLoggedOn()=20
> method returns true?  Or are there some configuration options available=
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> that I can set to specify how many times to try and start the engine an=
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> the period between each attempt?

This is handled by the Session automatically. The config option "Reconnec=
tInterval" with=20
the default 30 seconds specifies the time between connection attempts.

The StartTime and EndTime tell the time of the day when the engine should=
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and stop to connect.

So you should not do this yourself.

Cheers, J=F6rg

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